INDIAN GP 2012

New Delhi: The Formula One season that began with seven different winners in the first seven races is in danger of ending with one man, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, chalking up seven wins in succession.
The 25yearold German has already won four in a row, the first time the double champion...

Greater Noida: India bid a fond farewell to seventimes world champion Michael Schumacher on Sunday as the great who got young sports fans in the country hooked on Formula One competed in the country for the last time. Formula One has never been popular in the cricket crazy nation but...

Greater Noida: Red Bull driver Mark Webber abruptly walked out of the drivers' press conference at the Formula One Indian Grand Prix here on Sunday. The Australian, who finished third, left the room while a question was asked to winner Sebastian Vettel and secondplaced Fernando Alonso.
When a scribe asked, What...

Greater Noida: Amidst strong speculations that Nico Hulkenberg will leave Sahara Force India to join Sauber for the next season, Team Prinicpal Vijay Mallya on Sunday said he will reveal the drivers' lineup next month. Hulkenberg, who test drove for the Indian side in 2011, was elevated to the driving...

Greater Noida: Narain Karthikeyan, India's only Formula One driver, on Sunday said that finishing the race was the maximum result he could have got in his home Grand Prix as he had to slow down his car due to overheating of the brakes. Right from the start, Karthikeyan was warned...

Greater Noida: It may not be the same as inaugural year in terms of response, but the second Indian Grand Prix still recorded a turn out of 65,000 spectators, which included the who's who of tinsel town, politics and sporting fraternity. Unlike last year that witnessed a whopping 95,000 turn...

Greater Noida: It would have been an ideal result for Sahara Force India had both its cars earned points in their home Grand Prix here on Sunday, but the team is still a happy unit with Nico Hulkenberg's eighthplace finish, considering the poor qualifying.
Paul di Resta ended outside the points...

Greater Noida: Twotime defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull has sought to quash rumors of an impending move to Ferrari, seeking to reassure team members who see fresh reports he has reached a deal with the Italian team.
After winning Sunday's Indian Grand Prix, Vettel said there could...

New Delhi: Defending champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull on Sunday termed "discipline and focus" as the two main ingredients of success after winning his second successive Indian Grand Prix on Sunday. A flying Vettel faced no challenge whatsoever as he led from the start to finish at the Buddh...

Greater Noida: India doesn't have a legacy in Formula One drivers but Narain Karthikeyan is a "talented driver who could have done wonders had he be racing for any other team" than minnows Hispania Racing (HRT), feels former multiple Grand Prix winner David Coulthard.
Handicapped by his not so advanced car,...

Greater Noida: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel extended his 2012 Formula One championship lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by winning the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday. The win, which is Vettel's fourth consecutive triumph of the season, increased his lead in the drivers' championship table...

New Delhi: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone Sunday ridiculed the proposed Formula E series, which claims to be environmentfriendly, calling the concept "lawnmower" and insisting that it is "stupid" to consider it a competition to F1.
Asked how he sees the new series, which will begin from 2014 with 10 races,...

Greater Noida: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh said that he was proud of the fact that a Formula One race was being held in the country and hoped a win for Ferrari would see him being gifted a road car from the Italian team. The offspinner is a Ferrari guest and spent...

Greater Noida: London Olympics bronze medal winning shooter Gagan Narang will flag off the second Formula One Indian Grand Prix here on Sunday.
Narang, who clinched a bronze in the 10m air rifle event, confirmed his attendance on Saturday night.
"Sports Minister Ajay Maken was our first choice to flag off the...

Greater Noida: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso remains upbeat about his Formula One championship hopes despite seeing his title rival Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull take pole position on Saturday for the Indian Grand Prix.
Vettel is in superb form, having won three consecutive races, but Alonso felt the gap at race...

Greater Noida: Vijay Mallya, Force India's team prinicpal, was unhappy that even one of his cars couldn't finish among the top10 in the qualifying session Saturday for the homerace at the Buddh International Circuit.
Nico Hulkenburg will start from the 12th place ans Paul Di Resta from the 16th place during...

Greater Noida: India's Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan said Saturday he was happy to start from the penultimate spot ahead of at least one of the Marussias in his home Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit. Karthikeyan will be starting at the 23rd place behind HRT team mate Pedro...

Greater Noida: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso said on Saturday that they needed to improve their cars in the remaining races to catch the two speeding Red Bulls.
Alonso will start Sunday's Indian Grand Prix in fifth position after a disappointing qualifying session, which saw the championship leader Sebastian Vettel and his...

Greater Noida: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel grabbed the pole to lead the pack of 24 cars at the starting grid of the 2012 Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday, with teammate Mark Webber in the second position and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the third completing...

Greater Noida: Defending champion Sebastian Vettel is a satisfied man, at least for now, as he claimed the pole position on Saturday in the Indian Grand Prix, four places ahead of his nearest title contender Fernando Alonso, but he has said it will be a close race on Sunday irrespective...

Greater Noida: Ferrari moved to placate angry Indian authorities on Saturday with an assurance that a navy flag on their Formula One cars was not a political statement of support for Italian sailors detained for killing local fishermen. The Italian navy flag will, however, remain on the cars for the...

Greater Noida: None of the Sahara Force India drivers could make the top 10 on the grid for their home race during the qualifying session of the Indian Grand Prix 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit here on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Red Bull driver and defending champion Sebastian Vettel claimed his fifth...

Greater Noida: The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) on Saturday stood by Ferrari's decision of carrying the Italian Navy's flag on its F1 cars during the second Indian Grand Prix and said that it won't have any effect on the case involving two Italian marines, who are...

Greater Noida: The dog days are over and the dust has also settled for the Indian Formula One Grand Prix on its second appearance on the Formula One calendar. Last year's inaugural race at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) was dogged by feral hounds on the dusty track during practice...

New Delhi: With 852 pages, weighing 37kg and priced at a minimum cost of 2,000 pounds, the Formula One Opus made a grand entry into the Indian market with its global launch at a glittering function here. The Official Formula One Opus is the biggest and heaviest publication ever on...

Greater Noida: Highlyrated veteran Formula 1 driver Pedro de la Rosa says he has been hugely impressed with his Indian HRT teammate Narain Karthikeyan. De la Rosa, at 41, is the oldest driver on the grid after Michael Schumacher and commands the respect of the entire F1 fraternity. The regard...